As extremist Israeli settlers force their way into Muslims’ second most sacred mosque, the so-called strongest army in the world helps the aggressors and arrests Muslim worshipers – hardly the

Dr. Badie recalls his last visit to Pope Shenouda, patriarch of the Coptic Church, who died on Saturday, aged 88, after a long battle with illness.

Despite difficulties in holding Palestinian Presidential elections, for now, Haniya asserts that reconciliation efforts are continuing and will lead to full unity.

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon denounced Israel for demolishing Shepherd hotel, the house of late grand mufti of the holy city Amin Al-Husseini, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem.

Dr. Taleb Abu Shaar, the minister of Awkaf and religious affairs, in Gaza, has condemned the Jewish fanatic settlers who repeatedly storm and desecrate the Aqsa Mosque's plazas in occupied

Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya stated that his government will never relinquish the issue of Palestinian prisoners that will always remain on the top of its priorities.

Palestinian worshipers on Thursday evening clashed with extremist Jewish settlers after they stormed under police protection the courtyards of the Aqsa Mosque.

-- The Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem delivered a notification to Adnan Ghaith, an activist in defense of Silwan lands, ordering him not to approach occupied Jerusalem and its environs

-- A right-wing Knesset member called for changing the text in the Israeli basic law which describes occupied Jerusalem as Israel's capital into the capital of the Jewish people.

The Israeli government approved Sunday a NIS 85 million ($30M) plan to Judaize the Buraq Square, known by Jews as the Wailing Wall, around the Aqsa Mosque.